Championship: Toby Joyce Doubles through Raminder Singh

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,188

Toby Joyce

There was a little over 1 million in the pot, and the board read AdKd4d9h when Toby Joyce got all in for 1,275,000 with Qd3d in the hole.

Raminder Singh had him covered holding Ah7d, and the river delivered the 4c. Joyce doubled up to survive with 3.7 million after collecting the pot thanks to the flush, and Singh was at 5 million after the hand.

Toby Joyce – 3,700,000 (37 bb)
Raminder Singh – 5,000,000 (50 bb)

Championship: Olivier Rebello Eliminated in 12th Place by Jonathan Jaffe

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,188

Olivier Rebello

Jonathan Jaffe opened to 200,000 from under the gun and if folded around to Olivier Rebello in the big blind. He raised to 900,000 leaving a 25K chip behind, Jaffe announced all in and Rebello called after checking the other table.

Jaffe: 9s9c
Rebello: AdKc

It was a race and Rebello needed to improve his big slick to stay in the Championship. The dealer ran out the Ts8c6c5s4h board, Rebello never found a sweat, and was sent out in 12th place.

Jonathan Jaffe – 8,200,000 (82 bb)
Olivier Rebello – Eliminated in 12th Place ($49,700)

Championship: Chip Count Update

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,188

Here is a look at the chip counts from the break.

Table 7
Seat 1:  Jesse Lonis  –  8,550,000  (85 bb)
Seat 3:  Toby Joyce  –  3,250,000  (32 bb)
Seat 4:  Raminder Singh  –  7,050,000  (70 bb)
Seat 5:  Benny Glaser  –  6,350,000  (63 bb)
Seat 6:  Samuel Wynder  –  1,900,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7:  Brian Hastings  –  1,275,000  (12 bb)

Table 8
Seat 2:  Mitch Garshofsky  –  1,850,000  (18 bb)
Seat 4:  Olivier Rebello  –  1,100,000  (11 bb)
Seat 5:  Jonathan Jaffe  –  7,300,000  (73 bb)
Seat 6:  Justin Datloff  – 13,400,000 (134 bb)
Seat 7:  Dan Martin  –   3,125,000  (31 bb)
Seat 8:  Thomas Winschel  –  1,525,000  (15 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st:  $626,500 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $416,300
3rd:  $307,800
4th:  $229,900
5th:  $173,500
6th:  $132,300
7th:  $102,000
8th:  $79,400
9th-10th:  $62,500
11th-12th:  $49,700

Championship: Luke McIntosh Eliminated in 13th Place by Toby Joyce

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,188

Luke Mcintosh

On the final hand going into the break, Luke McIntosh got all in for his last 150,000 with pocket queens in the hole, and Toby Joyce had him covered holding pocket nines.

The final board read 9c5d3cJsJd, and McIntosh was eliminated in 13th place for $40,000. Joyce stacked up 3.25 million after the hand.

Championship: Brian Hastings Doubles Through Raminder Singh

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 1,188

Brian Hastings

Raminder Singh raised to 175,000 from middle position preflop, and Brian Hastings reraised to 600,000 from the cutoff to leave 125,000 behind. Singh then reraised all in, and Hastings called for the last of his chips..

Hastings: Ah9h
Singh: Ad8d

Board: KsJc5sKh4s

Hastings doubled up to survive with 1.65 million after collecting the pot, and Singh held 7,525,000 after the dust settled.

Brian Hastings – 1,650,000 (22 bb)
Raminder SIngh – 7,525,000 (100 bb)

Championship: Sean Troha Eliminated in 14th Place by Justin Datloff

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 1,188

Sean Troha

Justin Datloff opened to 150,000 from the cutoff and Sean Troha came along in the big blind. The flop was Ac9h5c, Troha checked, Datloff continued for 150,000 and Troha called.

The turn was 2s, Troha checked, Datloff bet 400,000 and Troha called. The river was 3s, Troha checked again, and Datloff announced all in with the bigger stack.

Troha was sitting with 1,425,000 and used four time chips before he called at risk.

Datloff: 6s4s
Troha: As6h

Datloff was best with his six-high straight versus Troha’s paired ace and Troha was eliminated in 14th place.

Justin Datloff – 11,400,000 (190 bb)
Sean Troha – Eliminated in 14th Place ($40,000)

Championship: Andrew Moreno Eliminated in 15th Place by Olivier Rebello

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 1,188

Andrew Moreno

Andrew Moreno  placed out 575,000 preflop from the button and left 25,000 behind. Olivier Rebello called to cover him from the small blind.

The flop was dealt 9s3h2c, and both players checked to the Jh on the turn. Olivier bet 75,000, and Moreno used a time chip before calling all in. The two players then flipped over their cards.

Rebello: 9c9d
Moreno: Qs5c

River: 8s

Moreno was eliminated in 15th place, good for $32,500, and Rebello stacked up 1.7 million after collecting the pot.

Olivier Rebello – 1,700,000 (22 bb)
Andrew Moreno – Eliminated in 15th Place ($32,500) 

Championship: Top Stacks from the Break

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,188

There are four stacks above the rest of the fray on the first break in play, and the top three are all seated together at Table 7.

Justin Datloff leads holding 9.9 million, with Jesse Lonis (8.6 million) and Raminder Singh (8.45 million) right on his heels. Over at Table 7 is Jonathan Jaffe as table captain with a stack worth 7,425,000.

Championship: Raminder Singh Versus Benny Glaser

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,188

Raminder Singh

Raminder Singh opened to 140,000 from under the gun, Benny Glaser called next to act, and the rest of the table folded.

The flop was AhJs2c, Singh continued for 110,000 and Glaser called. The turn was 3h and both players checked. The river was Tc and Singh bet 205,000. Glaser thought for a minute, bet 1,050,000 and it was Singh turn to think.

He called the bet, Glaser showed KhJh for a pair of jacks and Singh quickly flipped up the better As8s for a pair of aces and a big pot.

Raminder Singh – 8,400,000 (140 bb)
Benny Glaser – 5,200,000 (87 bb)

Championship: Benny Glaser Versus Brian Hastings

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,188

Benny Glaser

With the flop reading Tc8c8d, Brian Hastings bet 90,000 from the big blind and Benny Glaser called on the button. The turn was Jh, Hastings bet another 300,000 and Glaser called.

The river was 2s, Hastings bet what looked like about 1,100,000, leaving 25K behind, then quickly folded when Glaser announced all in.

Hastings mucked, Glaser quickly flashed his cards which someone said was quads (with zero confirmation), and Hastings was all in from the small blind the next hand.

Hastings continued to fight, found two double ups, and went on the first break with his stack back up to 500K. So giving it a run.

Benny Glaser – 6,680,000 (111 bb)
Brian Hastings – 500,000 (8 bb)